READ ME File For Dataset for "Flexible and stretchable crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules"

Dataset DOI  https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3868

ReadMe Author: Chen Cao, University of Southampton 

ORCID ID  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6574-9616

This dataset supports the thesis entitled: Flexible and stretchable crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules

AWARDED BY: University of Southampton

DATE OF AWARD: 2026


Date of data collection: 14 Feb 2022 - 01 Sept 2025

Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton

Licence:
CC BY 4.0



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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains: DATA.zip 
 \DATA\IV Solar Simulation txt: .txt files collected from solar simulator with LABView
 \DATA\Material Calibration: Mechanical properties calibration for COMSOL simulation with MCalibration
 \DATA\Mechanical DATA: COMSOL Simulation output
 \DATA\OPTC VAR Measurements: Variable angle reflectance tool measurements 
 \DATA\Poison: Poissons ratio calculation python script
 \DATA\Transmittance: Transmittance results
 \DATA\Transmittance Calculation PYTHON: Transmittance Calculation python scripts
 \DATA\Transmittance OUTPUT FIGURES: Transmittance output figures





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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: <Include links or references to publications or other documentation containing experimental design or protocols used in data collection>

Methods for processing the data: Data collected from measurements and calculation (python scripts), methodologies described in details in thesis

Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: MCaliberation For Mechanical material data

Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: Measurements-simulation-calibration validation for mechanical material properties; manual calculation has been applied to validate transmittance calculation. 

Environmental/experimental conditions: Experimental environments are described in details in Thesis

Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Data collected with repeatable and multiple repeated measurements

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Chen Cao